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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
David Enke submits: The option strategy of buying stock and then writing call options against it - known as buy-write - is still generating some of its highest premiums in over 20 years (see WSJ article ). By using a hypothetical version of the strategy using the BMX index as a comparison, the CBOE found that a buy-write strategy would have produced an 8.1 percent gross monthly premium...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
David Enke submits: As we begin looking at our year-end investment portfolios, and feeling a sense of dread as we see our retirement savings down a third or more, it is useful to compare the US markets with the rest of the world. As it turns out, over the last year US investors would have been better off investing more in the US, and less overseas in the "hot" markets, such as China...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
David Enke submits: The Microsoft (MSFT)-Yahoo! (YHOO) rumors are back in full swing. The Times Online is reporting that Microsoft is in serious talks to acquire the search business of Yahoo! for $20 billion, much less than the original $47.5 billion offered for the company this past summer. Details have Microsoft obtaining a 10-year agreement to manage the search business with a two-year...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
David Enke submits: Interesting post over at the AllAboutAlpha site that is worth the read. The post discusses how even if a hedge fund has stopped reporting returns, this does not imply that the fund is dead and closing up shop after blowing-up in the recent market downturn. As it turns out, only about a fifth of the funds (according to the study) stop reporting because they are liquidating....
